Shade-fixture.



J. A. ROUNDS.

SHADE FIXTURE. APPLICATION min ocr.10..19|a.

Patented May18, 1915.

UNET

JAMES A. ROUNDS, OF ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY.

SHADE-FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May is, 1915.

Application filed October 10, 1913. Serial No. 794,444.

To all ic/mm it 111 07 concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES A. RoUNDs, a citiz'zcn of the United States,residing at Atlantic ("ity, in the county of Atlantic and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shade-Fixtures; and I do hereby-declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention. such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it apper tains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to shade fixtures, and the principal objectthereof is to provide brackets for holding shade rollers, said bracketsadapted to be secured to the sashes or casing of a window.

Another object of the invention is to provide window shade bracket-swhich will be simple, durable, inexpensive to manufacture,

'cliicicnt in operation, and which may be quickly and easily secured inplace or removed without the requirement of skilled labor or of any butordinary tools.

lVith these and other objects in view the invention resides in theconstruction, combination, and arrangement of parts herein alter morefully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawingin which like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout theseveral figures of which Figure 1, represents a front elevational viewof a window showing the application of the invention. Fig. 2, representsa perspective view of a bracket for receiving a squared shade rollerpin. Fig. 3, represents a perspective view of a bracket for receiving around shade roller pin, Fig. -l, represents a vertical. transverse,sectional, view of a portion of the top rail of a window sash showingthe invention applied thereto and Fig. 5, represents a plan view of theblank from which the brackets are formed.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numeral 5 indicates awindow casing. and the numerals (3 and 7 indicate the upper and lowersashes respectively, and in Fig. l, l have shown the. shade brackets asattached to the top railsof the window sashes. and also to the top ofthe casing.

The brackets comprise a body 8 having a top 9 at right angles to thebody and down turned teeth ll) at right angles to top 9 and parallel tothe body 8,. and an car 11 is formed at right angles to body 8, the earsof certain of the brackets having a recess 12 cut therein for receivingthe squared pins 13 of shade rollers 14 and others of the bracketshaving their car provided with round openings 15 for round pins of saidrollers.

In Fig. 5, there is represented the form of blank from which thebrackets are made, said blank being substantially rectangular andprovided in' one side with a transversely extending slit 16 which formsthe upper edge of the cars 13, when the same are bent along thelongitudinal line 17, it being noted that the ears are long enough tosufficiently space. the shade rollers from the.

window sashes so as to allow the window shades to be entirely rolled up"Lnout coining in contact with the sashes ofthe window as the diameterof the roll increases. The top portion 9 is adapted to be bent along thetransversely line 18 and the prongs 10 which are formed to one edge ofthe blank are adapted to be bent along the transversely extending line19. The portion 20 of the brackets occurring between the ears and thetop portion 9 has its corner rounded as at 21 and the lower corner 22 ofthe body of the brackets is rounded as are also the lower and outeredges of the ears so that no sharp corners are left which might catch incurtains and by thus rounding the various portions, 2. more graceful andattractive bracket is formed.

In securing a bracket in place, the body portion 8 is held against theouter face of the top rail of a window sash with the body portion 9projecting over the rail, and with the teeth or prongs 10 restingagainst the upper edge of the rail, and the top 9 may then be forceddownwardly so that the teeth are" buried in the wood of the rail asillus trated in Fig. 4 thus securely holding the bracket in place. Asthe line 17 on which the car 13 is bent is substantially the vertical orlongitudinal center of the bracket, it is obvious that the strainexerted thereon by extending the shade roller ll is evenly distributedover window to which they are applied as is a common fault with mostbrackets and window shade attachments. They are very inconspicuous andafford a very attractive ap pearance and at the same time are veryeasily attached or detached, and do not require the use of screws orbolts or other securing means ordinarily used.

Although I have described the preferred embodiment of my invention, Imay desire to make such changes as do not depart from the spirit of theinvention and the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is A curtain bracket formed of a blankhaving parallel side edges with an approximately centrally disposedtransverse slit, and a projecting ear portion adjacent said slit withrounded corners, said ear being provided with means for engaging andsupporting a curtain roller, and being bent at right angles to the mainbody portion along the medial line of said body portion, the front edgeof said body being serrated and bent to bring said teeth or serrationsinto spaced parallel relation with said body, said I emu-rut.

